Part-Time Strategic Market Research Support

Pennsylvania, USA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradPart time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive market research initiatives to identify sector opportunities, benchmark against peers, and shape data-driven strategies for analytics and partnerships, with regular collaboration during standard business hours.

Define market research scope across sectors and partnerships
Analyze data sources, trends, and SWOT to produce reports
Align findings with university strategies and capabilities

Job Description

Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to market research, industry sector analysis, ROI and risk analysis, identification of key data sources, collecting and analyzing data for trends (including SWOT analysis), determining alignment with university strategies, strengths and competencies, and summarizing findings to produce reports.
Market research assignments will be needed within four key areas: Sector opportunities for business-development marketing Benchmarking with peer institutions to inform research strategies Data analysis to inform industry partnerships strategies Development of baseline data for analytics strategies

Requirements

Must have US Citizenship.
Understanding of market research and open source data collection and analysis using standard digital platforms, as well as the Microsoft suite of applications, and existing Penn State data platforms.
The ideal candidates will be persons with a background in the market research, business analytics, SWOT analyses, business, or a related field.
Availability to be available for meetings during business hours (8-5, M-F); a bulk of the work can be completed on a flexible schedule.

Preferred

An understanding of the U.S. university research landscape and federal funding environment is a plus.

Penn State University

There’s a reason Penn State consistently ranks among the top one percent of the world’s universities. Across 24 campuses, our nearly 88,000 students and 17,000 faculty and staff know the real measure of success goes beyond the classroom—it’s the positive impact made on communities across the world.From access to state-of-the-art resources to interdisciplinary pursuits in collaborative atmospheres, a Penn State degree is more than an education. The experiences and knowledge gained here will form the foundation for the lives our students build. Their contributions to the world begin with a Penn State degree.We Are Penn State.

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